Narcissism is characterized by vanity, a sense of entitlement, manipulation of others and an excessive love of oneself. These traits are probably familiar. But now the personality flaw has another characteristic: a health hazard. Researchers found that narcissism may be damaging to a man’s health but not to a woman’s. Undergraduate students were tested for ...
Like most men, I make, and abjectly fail to keep, New Year’s Resolutions. Every year, without respite. Of course, I’m good at thinking them up. In fact, if I had an over-arching aim (as modern business-speak would have it) of simply making New Year’s Resolutions, I would count my endeavours in this field as a ...
Tampons. You use them, right? So do I. I try to keep a variety in stock, for emergencies. But occasionally I’m caught short and need to pop out for a box. And that, dear reader, is what a boyfriend is for. Here is a thing which has recently come to my attention. SOME MEN DON’T ...
We’ve all done it. We’ve all done it because he makes us laugh. Because he’s a good guitar player. Ok, usually, because he’s really, seriously cute. We’ve all dated someone far longer than is good for our own self-respect. With some, I’ve pretended not to care – “I realize the fact that he’s a macrobiotic ...
Every man knows that if you don’t look like that underwear model on the Pierre Cardin billboard, you can still be “the funny guy.” You can still get laid even if you’re short, fat, balding and even a jerk as long as you can induce the ROFLs and LOLs. Right? Wrong. A new psychology study has ...
I was looking through a magazine for old ladies the other day. Not in a sinister way, you understand – I wasn’t scanning for incontinence bras or ogling the side-entry baths. In fact, my mother writes for some of these magazines, and I was reading one of her contributions. Anyway, when I picked up the ...
How different the world would be if men were to walk in our shoes. And so they did on Friday, in Pueblo, Colorado. Men of all ages slipped into a pair of women’s shoes and strolled along the river to raise funds and awareness for women who have suffered domestic or sexual violence. They said they ...
In Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert’s divorce catapults her into a journey of self-discovery. If the protagonist was a divorcé, would the theme of autonomy still be so strong? A recent study says no. The story will change depending on the individual, but it seems the end result is similar — men don’t cope with ...
Menstruation is a part of life, always has been and always will be. The day the remaining Neanderthal men catch up to their modern brothers and get the hell over it could not come soon enough. A friend recently told me a story of an altercation she’d had with her new male flat mate, and ...
Blood is finally being referred to in feminine product ads as the substance that leaks from our lady-parts. In the US especially, there has always been a fear of acknowledging that women actually bleed during their periods. In every ad since the dawn of televising pad and tampon commercials, our monthly bloody mess has been ...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
